Justin Philips, a National Guard spokesman, told WTXL-TV that Tallahassee Police Department arrested a man near the area who claimed he placed a bomb inside the armory.
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WCTV News reports a “police presence” in the area of a shopping center in Tallahassee this morning, but says “its’ not known if the two scenes are related”.
Only armory staff were present at the time of the threat, he said.
“At approximately 10:15 a.m. this morning the consolidated dispatch agency received a call from a citizen who said a male approached him in the parking lot of the Dollar General at Capitol Circle and Park Avenue and asked him if he had a phone”. Phillips said that he made a mistake in originally reporting that a suspect had been apprehended. The Florida National Guard Joint Operations Center is monitoring the situation.
Nearby, Lincoln High School, Adult Community Education and Apalachee Elementary are underneath a heightened sense of…
On Saturday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered that six storefront recruiting offices across the state be moved into nearby armories.
The heightened security measures come five days after 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez fatally shot five U.S. service members in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Northway said that police already routinely do extra patrols around the armory when it is closed.
